Whereas, energy policy and regulation are vital to Missouri's economy and which
have a direct impact on Missouri families, farmers, businesses, and employees; and

Whereas, H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, also
known as the "Waxman-Markey" and "Cap and Trade", passed by the United States House of
Representatives and now pending before the United States Senate, will have a dramatic effect
on every American, increase the cost of supplying homes and businesses with electricity, cause
job losses, and impose burdensome costs on the poor and families with incomes of less than
$10,000 annually for whom energy costs today make up 60% of their average family expenses,
and for families with incomes of $10,000 to $25,000 annually, such costs make up 25% of their
average family expenses; and

Whereas, on December 7, 2009, the Administrator for the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) signed two distinct findings regarding greenhouse gases under Section
202(c) of the federal Clean Air Act:

(1) Endangerment Finding: the Administrator finds that the current and projected
concentrations of the six key well-mixed greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide (CO2), methane
(CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur
hexaflouride (SF6) - in the atmosphere threaten the public health and welfare of current and
future generations;

(2) Cause and Contribute Finding: the administrator finds that the combined emissions
of these well-mixed greenhouse gases from new motor vehicles and new motor vehicle engines
contribute to the greenhouse gas pollution which threatens public health and welfare; and

Whereas, this finding by the EPA, if implemented, will cost Missouri jobs and
raise electric rates on families, farmers, businesses, and employees; and

Whereas, the people of Missouri are dependent on coal for their electricity,
obtaining approximately 80 - 85% of electrical energy from coal for their homes, farms, and
businesses. This heavy dependence on coal is common throughout the Midwestern states; and

Whereas, Missouri's electric rates consistently rank among the lowest cost states
in the union, and is one of only three states in the United States to see electricity rates drop in the
years 2000 to 2008, and by the largest percentage (6%), making Missouri attractive to business
and industry, creating jobs, and making Missouri a low-cost place to live; and

Whereas, the technology of the 21st Century is providing cleaner yet still
affordable baseload electrical generation from coal, including Super Critical Pulverized Coal
(Prairie State in Illinois) and Ultra Supercritical Pulverized Coal (Turk in Arkansas) as well as
developing options for coal to liquids, coal to gas, and carbon sequestration; and

Whereas, the focus in Missouri and throughout the coal-dependent Midwest should
be on how to use technology to burn coal more cleanly and move towards cleaner burning
options like Ultra Supercritical Pulverized Coal, rather than a punitive system that drives up
costs, leads to lower baseload energy production, and inhibits or prevents progress on a fuel that
the United States has in abundance within its own borders:

Now, therefore, be it resolved that the members of the House of
Representatives of the Ninety-fifth General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the Senate
concurring therein, hereby:

(1) Request that our elected statewide officials express their opposition to the further
acceptance or approval of the Environmental Protection Agency formal endangerment finding
on greenhouse gases;

(2) Convey that it is not well taken by and harmful to the State of Missouri;

Be it further resolved that the Missouri General Assembly hereby urges our
Missouri Congressional delegation to vote against H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy Act
of 2009, and further requests that our elected statewide officials express their respective positions
on the passage of H.R. 2454 and send a unified message to our Missouri Congressional
delegation; and

Be it further resolved that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of
Representatives be instructed to prepare properly inscribed copies of this resolution for Governor
Jay Nixon, President Barack Obama, President of the United States Senate, Speaker of the
United States House of Representatives, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, and each member of the Missouri Congressional delegation.